Sunny- Grieving Different Losses

Katie – Getting stronger

December 1, 2022

Katie talks losing her mother when she was young and how the experience helped her when she lost her Dad

Ellen – “Grieving her grandmother”

December 16, 2018

Ellen talks about her grief and the loss of her grandmother.

Bryan – Empathy for others

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about how losing his father to gun violence was difficult and how taking things day by day helped him get through many difficult times. Now he wants to help children who are going through something similar to what he did. Things will get better and there is always a light at the end of the tunnel

Jane – Sitting in our feelings

March 30, 2022

Jane – Sitting in our feelings

Jane shares how she has learned to be more present in her feelings while grieving during the pandemic.

Donna B – “Accepting support”

October 1, 2019

Donna explains how support can help. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Hope – Benefits of play in helping kids work through grief

January 26, 2023

Hope discusses how recreation and play can help kids understand deal with their loss.

Hope – Waves of grief

January 26, 2023

Hope talks about the loss of her father and how grief comes in waves and how a therapist helped her understand that she had pushed her emotions down

Katie – Coping strategies

December 1, 2022

Katie explains her coping strategies

Nicole – Using Art and Creativity to Express Grief

March 25, 2023

Nicole discusses the work she does to allow access to creative outlets such as art hives and gardening.

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

February 23, 2023

Caileigh tells about her own grief and now it has given her a really powerful lens on how to support children going through grief as well. Along with her professional education and training, there is now a different perspective on grief and how that fits in with supporting others.

Grief & Ice Cream

January 25, 2023

When my wife of 18 years died in 2016, I became a single father missing the love of my life, and also had to learn how to raise two girls (13-17 at the time) on my own. I remember a conversation I had with my mother-in-law and oldest daughter that began as reminiscing over a person who became a lost love to all of us. We all talked about different aspects of my wife but shortly, it transformed into a “who meant more to her” fest.